SCIENCE
PLANT KINGDOM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Characteristics that make an organism different from any other organism. (type of beaks, claws, root systems)
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Characteristics like age of an organism
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Where the organism lives
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How many organisms live in the environment
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Detailed explanation-1: -When creating a dichotomous key, both qualitative (i.e. physical attributes such as how the organism looks, what color it is, etc.) and quantitative (i.e. the number of legs, weight, height, etc.) factors are considered.
Detailed explanation-2: -The organism’s DNA is sequenced and compared to the DNA sequences that are listed in the dichotomous key.
Detailed explanation-3: -To use the key, the scientist starts at the top, or beginning, and sees which of the two options apply to their organism. Based on their answer, the key directs them to a new question. They continue in this way until reaching an endpoint, the name of an organism.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nested Style. This is when the next identification question appears nested under the answer leading up to it. Linked Dichotomous Key: In this kind, questions are written in a listed form, each answer leads to a different question on a different line. Branching Tree.